Video: How to Wrap Vegetarian Chinese Rice Dumplings

The vegetarian recipe for Vegetarian Chinese Rice Dumplings (Zong Zi):

servings – 20 dumplings

Fillings

Glutinous Rice 

  • 4 cups glutinous rice (wash, soak in water for 1 hour and drain)
  • 2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp five-spice powder
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup water
  1. Heat oil, add all the other ingredients and stir evenly.
  2. Briefly cook, dish out, place in a big bowl and set aside.

Black-Eyed Peas

  • 1 cup black-eyed peas (cook in boiling water until soft, remove and drain)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  1. Heal oil and saute black-eyed peas until fragrant.
  2. Add salt and mix evenly.
  3. Dish out, place in a bowl and set aside.

Shiitake Mushrooms

  • 20 small-sized shiitake mushrooms (soak in water until soft and remove the stems)
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  1. Heat oil and saute shiitake mushrooms until fragrant.
  2. Add salt and soy sauce and mix evenly.
  3. Dish out, place in a bowl and set aside.

Chestnuts

  • 40 peeled chestnuts (briefly boil, remove and drain)
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil
  1. Heat oil and saute chestnuts until fragrant.
  2. Dish out, place in a bowl and set aside.

Wrapping

  • 40 bamboo leaves (wash, blanch in boiling water, transfer to cold water, soak for a while and drain)
  • 20 saltwater grass straws/咸水草 xian shui cao (wash, blanch in boiling water, transfer to cold water, soak for a while, drain, divide into 3 bunches and tie a loop on the top of each bunch of straws for hanging up the rice dumplings)
  1. Watch the video above to browse the steps for wrapping Chinese Rice Dumplings.

Cooking

  1. Place the dumplings in a large pot and fill with adequate water to cover them.
  2. Bring to a boil.
  3. Simmer over medium heat for about 2 hours.
  4. Remove, drain and serve.